Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
29e
Mini-Mini-Pokke no Okina Niwa de
Yoko Yuki
Japan, Animation
When it shrinks, it expands. It floats and it sinks. It separates but connects. When I think I’m watching them, they're actually watching me. A charming animation rhyme that weaves together the many days of observing, recording, and experimenting.
Film
29e
Mojappi - C'est à moi ! -
Nijitaro
Japan, Animation
Mojappi, a trio of naughty kids who live in the forest, just love being naughty. One day, they found out their friends baking pancakes! They will do anything to get those pancakes!
Film
29e
Muses
Simon Vermeulen
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Special Mention Short & Queer Award

In the midst of their deteriorating intimate relationship, a dancer wishes to break free from his unfaithful choreographer.

This personal silent film delves into the intricate dynamics of inspiration, domination, and dependence within the LGBTQ+ dance world.
Film
29e
Ni Dieu Ni Père
Paul Kermarec
France, Experimentation
No God No Father is a docufiction where a young man, fatherless, turns to Google as a mentor, blurring the lines between daily learning, reality, and the virtual world.
Film
29e
Night Bus
Joe Hsieh
Taiwan, Animation
On a late-night commuter bus, a necklace was stolen. This was followed by a tragic and fatal road accident, and a series of intriguing turn of events which revealed love, hatred, and vengeance. The film climaxes as the bus went ablaze, burning and glittering against the dark coastal sky.
Film
29e
Nuuhkuum uumichiwaapim
Lindsay Chewanish
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
“Nuuhkuum uumichiwaapim” (« My Grandmother’s Tipi ») is an exploration of the sensorial and textural experience of a grandmother’s tipi. It is based on memories of being in a tipi, observing in the bliss of cooking and the time in-between.
Film
29e
O
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Iceland, Sweden, Fiction
Quebec Critic Award AQCC winning film offered by Lussier & Khouzam and AQCC

O is a humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself.
Film
29e
On a Sunday at Eleven
Alicia K. Harris
Canada (Ontario), Fiction
A young Black ballerina performs her Sunday rituals, while facing the pressure to perform whiteness.
Film
29e
Orbites
Sarah Seené
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Canadian Grand Prize Award winning film offered by the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and MTL Grandé
International FIPRESCI Critic’s Award
winning film offerd by Bureau du Cinéma de Saguenay and SLA Location

Marie-Christine, who lost her sight some years ago, explores life in a particularly sensory way ,through her fingertips. Through her personal experience, she awaken her son's curiosity and sense of wonder about the beauty of the universe. Drawing from a constellation of highly textured analogue images and a rich tapestry of sound, Orbit journeys into the sensorial depths of Marie-Christine's memory, pondering the very essence of love and legacy.
Film
29e
Paroles en l'air
Roger Gariépy
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Alternate facts, half-truths, or false appearances, lies spread throughout the world, mysteriously carried by the ignorance of some or the credulity of others. Do we even know if the truth will ever come to light one day ?